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Rule Golden Hour

Golden Hour Forecast for Slad Valley, Cotswolds

Stroud, England, United Kingdom

Slad Valley's wooded slopes, stone cottages and narrow lanes form the landscape of Laurie Lee's 'Cider with Rosie', with mist sometimes pooling at dawn.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover100%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover98%
Sun Elevation-26.4° (Astronomical night)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London
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Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Slad Valley
Tomorrow · 18:56–20:01 · 1h window
Medium confidence
47%
🌇Golden Hour Potential87.8-91.7%
Low Cloud Cover: 0%
Mid Cloud Cover: 0%
High Cloud Cover: 0%
Sun Elevation: 5.4° (Golden hour)
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Slad Valley
Wed, Sep 9 · 06:12–07:17
🌇Golden Hour Potential:80.2-85.4%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Slad Valley
Wed, Sep 9 · 18:54–19:58
🌇Golden Hour Potential:88-96.1%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Slad Valley
Sun, Sep 13 · 18:45–19:49
🌇Golden Hour Potential:96.9-100%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunset
Slad Valley
Tue, Sep 15 · 18:40–19:44
🌇Golden Hour Potential:95.6-99.5%
Medium
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Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunset
Slad Valley
Wed, Sep 16 · 18:38–19:42
🌇Golden Hour Potential:100%
Medium

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Golden Hour conditions across Cotswolds. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Slad Valley.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Slad Valley during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
23
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 90 days
95
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Last 365 days
146
recorded matching windows · 72% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

20:00 local time, shared by 41 of 146 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 46 of 146 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
7matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/London
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sun, Sep 6
23:0028%0%24135m
Mon, Sep 7
24:0026%0%24134m
01:0026%0%24134m
02:0026%13%24134m
03:0026%26%24134m
04:0023%39%24135m
05:0021%53%24134m
06:0058%67%24134m
07:0052%82%24135m
08:0015%55%24134m
09:0014%27%21596m
10:0015%0%23988m
11:0021%0%24135m
12:0027%0%24135m
13:0027%0%24135m
14:0027%0%24135m
15:0027%2.3%24134m
16:0027%3.5%24134m
17:0027%31%24134m
18:0063%58%24134m
19:0066%85%24135m
20:0058%71%24135m
21:0015%68%24135m
22:0014%65%22615m
23:0014%76%24134m
Tue, Sep 8
24:0014%87%22205m
01:0014%97%24135m
02:0014%92%24135m
03:0014%87%19792m
04:0014%82%9272m
05:0014%81%16272m
06:0043%80%23428m
07:0043%78%24134m
08:0014%60%8926m
09:0014%41%5876m
10:0014%22%24135m
11:0014%21%24135m
12:0011%19%24135m
13:0018%17%24135m
14:0017%13%24134m
15:0024%9%24134m
16:0023%5%24135m
17:0017%3.3%24135m
18:0092%1.7%24135m
19:0088%0%24134m
20:0089%0%24134m
21:0023%0%24135m
22:0021%0%24134m
23:0021%0%24134m
Wed, Sep 9
24:0021%0%24135m
01:0020%0%24135m
02:0020%0%24134m
03:0020%0%24134m
04:0020%0%24134m
05:0020%0%24135m
06:0080%0%24135m
07:0085%0%24135m
08:0014%0%24134m
09:0017%0%24134m
10:0015%0%24134m
11:0015%0%24134m
12:0023%0%24134m
13:0024%0%24134m
14:0023%0%24135m
15:0022%0%24134m
16:0023%0%24135m
17:0018%0%24135m
18:0088%0%24134m
19:0096%0%24134m
20:0049%0%24135m
21:0026%0%24135m
22:0026%0%24134m
23:0024%0%24135m
Thu, Sep 10
24:0024%0%24135m
01:0024%0%24135m
02:0024%0%24134m
03:0026%0%24135m
04:0026%0%24134m
05:0026%0%24135m
06:0064%0%24134m
07:0063%0%24134m
08:000%0%24134m
09:000%0%24135m
10:000%0%24135m
11:000%17%24135m
12:000%33%24135m
13:000%50%24135m
14:000%67%24135m
15:000%83%24135m
16:000%100%24135m
17:000%78%24135m
18:0060%55%24135m
19:0059%33%24135m
20:0019%25%24135m
21:000%18%24135m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Golden Hour Potential mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time
Europe/London
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Solar Elevation
°
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Mon, Sep 7 Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:41
23:00
- 98% 100% 100% 89% -26° 100% 4.8m/s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:41
24:00
- 100% 100% 100% 91% -31° 100% 4.8m/s
01:00
- 100% 100% 100% 92% -32° 100% 4.8m/s
02:00
- 100% 100% 99% 92% -31° 100% 5.1m/s
03:00
- 100% 100% 100% 94% -28° 100% 4.9m/s
04:00
- 100% 100% 100% 96% -22° 100% 4.9m/s
05:00
- 100% 100% 100% 97% -14° 100% 4.8m/s
06:00
- 100% 100% 100% 97% -5.6° 100% 5.1m/s
07:00
- 98% 100% 100% 97% 3.6° 100% 4.6m/s
08:00
- 97% 100% 100% 97% 13° 100% 4.8m/s
09:00
- 100% 100% 100% 96% 22° 100% 3.1m/s
10:00
- 100% 100% 99% 87% 30° 100% 2.8m/s
11:00
- 100% 100% 100% 86% 37° 100% 2.5m/s
12:00
- 0% 83% 100% 87% 42° 100% 3.2m/s
13:00
- 0% 35% 100% 69% 44° 100% 4.6m/s
14:00
- 0% 68% 99% 55% 43° 99% 6m/s
15:00
- 1% 17% 1% 45% 38° 17% 7.2m/s
16:00
- 0% 5% 0% 42% 32° 5% 8.2m/s
17:00
- 0% 33% 0% 46% 24° 33% 7.7m/s
18:00
- 0% 7% 0% 56% 15° 7% 7.2m/s
19:00
- 0% 0% 0% 62% 5.4° 0% 5.8m/s
20:00
- 0% 3% 0% 69% -3.8° 3% 5.3m/s
21:00
- 0% 0% 0% 77% -13° 0% 4.4m/s
22:00
- 0% 0% 0% 82% -20° 0% 3.4m/s
23:00
- 0% 0% 0% 87% -27° 0% 2.9m/s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:39
24:00
- 0% 0% 0% 90% -31° 0% 2.8m/s
01:00
- 0% 0% 0% 91% -33° 0% 2.9m/s
02:00
- 0% 0% 0% 91% -32° 0% 2.8m/s
03:00
- 0% 0% 0% 91% -28° 0% 2.6m/s
04:00
- 0% 0% 0% 92% -22° 0% 2.4m/s
05:00
- 0% 0% 0% 92% -14° 0% 2.1m/s
06:00
- 0% 0% 0% 92% -5.9° 0% 1.7m/s
07:00
- 0% 9% 0% 91% 3.4° 9% 1.6m/s
08:00
- 0% 24% 0% 82% 13° 24% 1.8m/s
09:00
- 0% 46% 0% 69% 21° 46% 3m/s
10:00
- 0% 77% 0% 58% 30° 77% 4m/s
11:00
- 0% 16% 0% 51% 37° 16% 3.7m/s
12:00
- 0% 3% 0% 44% 42° 3% 3.4m/s
13:00
- 0% 3% 0% 42% 43° 3% 3.3m/s
14:00
- 0% 2% 0% 41% 42° 2% 3m/s
15:00
- 0% 3% 0% 40% 38° 3% 3m/s
16:00
- 0% 2% 0% 41% 31° 2% 2.7m/s
17:00
- 0% 13% 0% 42% 23° 13% 3m/s
18:00
- 0% 31% 0% 49% 14° 31% 3.3m/s
19:00
- 0% 22% 0% 61% 5.1° 22% 2.5m/s
20:00
- 6% 23% 0% 68% -4.2° 23% 1.7m/s
21:00
- 10% 2% 0% 73% -13° 10% 1.1m/s
22:00
- 38% 0% 0% 78% -21° 38% 0.57m/s
23:00
- 100% 1% 0% 79% -27° 100% 0.73m/s
Thu, Sep 10 Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 19:37
24:00
- 100% 1% 0% 82% -31° 100% 0.58m/s
01:00
- 100% 0% 2% 82% -33° 100% 0.46m/s
02:00
- 100% 0% 0% 82% -32° 100% 0.8m/s
03:00
- 100% 0% 5% 82% -28° 100% 0.77m/s
04:00
- 100% 0% 100% 81% -22° 100% 1m/s
05:00
- 100% 0% 100% 82% -15° 100% 1.1m/s
06:00
- 100% 0% 100% 80% -6.1° 100% 1.3m/s
07:00
- 100% 0% 100% 80% 3.2° 100% 1.4m/s
08:00
- 100% 24% 95% 73% 12° 100% 2.6m/s
09:00
- 100% 48% 90% 65% 21° 100% 3.7m/s
10:00
- 100% 72% 85% 58% 29° 100% 4.9m/s
11:00
- 100% 70% 90% 62% 36° 100% 5.1m/s
12:00
- 100% 69% 95% 67% 41° 100% 5.2m/s
13:00
- 100% 67% 100% 71% 43° 100% 5.3m/s
14:00
- 67% 54% 100% 75% 42° 100% 4.8m/s
15:00
- 34% 40% 100% 79% 37° 100% 4.4m/s
16:00
- 0% 27% 100% 83% 31° 100% 3.9m/s
17:00
- 0% 51% 67% 85% 23° 100% 3.8m/s
18:00
- 0% 76% 33% 87% 14° 100% 3.8m/s
19:00
- 0% 100% 0% 89% 4.8° 100% 3.7m/s
20:00
- 0% 80% 0% 88% -4.5° 80% 3.9m/s
21:00
- 0% 60% 0% 86% -13° 60% 4.1m/s
22:00
- 0% 40% 0% 84% -21° 40% 4.3m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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